• The Great Detectives Present Barrie Craig Confidential Investigator (Old Time Radio)

  • By: Adam Graham
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The Great Detectives Present Barrie Craig Confidential Investigator (Old Time Radio)

By: Adam Graham
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  • Summary

  • Barrie Craig was a different kind of detective show and Craig as played by William Gargan was a different type of detective: a big gentle easy going guy who always believed his clients until evidence proved otherwise.

    In some ways, it poked fun at the private detective genre by giving Craig police-type powers and duties such as making arrests and filling out paperwork. This played off the wide variety of functions and investigations that other PIs took on that were really police functions.

    Another time, Craig began his voice over narration by saying, “Manhattan’s my beat,” a clear reference to CBS’ Broadway’s My Beat. Other episodes took a serious turn such as Craig’s poignant caper with a mentally ill young woman.Gargan’s light and easygoing style make each episode of Barrie Craig is like a visit with an old friend talking about his detective adventures. Listeners were more than happy to visit for four years.

    Host Adam Graham brings you all surviving episodes of this classic series. Also in this feed are three episodes of Gargan's earlier detective series, I Deal in Crime from 1947.

    These episodes were presented from 2011-12 as part of The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio podcast.
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Episodes
  • Barrie Craig: Corpse on Delivery

    Barrie Craig: Corpse on Delivery
    Jun 20 2011
    Release Date: June 20, 2011

    Barrie is hired by a bailbondsman to find a racketeer who has threatened to skip town and leave the bondsman holding the bag for $50,000.

    Original Air Date: October 31, 1951

    Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net

    Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net

    Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715

    Give us a call at 208-991-4783

    Take the listener survey at https://survey.greatdetectives.net

    Check out our social media at https://www.greatdetectives.net
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    32 mins
  • Barrie Craig: Microfilm in the Fishtank

    Barrie Craig: Microfilm in the Fishtank
    Nov 15 2024
    Release Date: June 13, 2011

    When Barrie’s tailor is killed and and a fire is set to the tailor’s shop. TO find the murder, Barrie investigates the rackets.

    Original Air Date: October 24, 1951

    Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net

    Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net

    Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715

    Give us a call at 208-991-4783

    Take the listener survey at https://survey.greatdetectives.net

    Check out our social media at https://www.greatdetectives.net
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    33 mins
  • Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator: The Judge and the Champ

    Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator: The Judge and the Champ
    Nov 8 2024
    Release Date: June 06, 2011

    Barrie Craig is hired to guard a columnist who has been hinting that a former champion threw a fight. When Craig hears his client murdered, he needs to find out who did it.

    Original Air Date: October 17, 1951

    Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net

    Support the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.net

    Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715

    Give us a call at 208-991-4783

    Take the listener survey at https://survey.greatdetectives.net

    Check out our social media at https://www.greatdetectives.net
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    37 mins

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